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Joy to the World- Basic

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Step 3 of 12 in Using Ornaments

  1. 1 How to Play Banjo Slides
  2. 2 Cripple Creek– Slides
  3. 3 Joy to the World- Basic — you are here
  4. 4 You Are My Sunshine– Slides Up next
  5. 5 How to Play Banjo Hammer-Ons
  6. 6 Cripple Creek– Hammer-Ons

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This is a basic to intermediate version of this classic Christmas hymn. It's PERFECT for working out some great licks in the key of G, while at the same time making Granny proud on Christmas morn! Joy to the world, the Lord is come!

Key of G Theory Triplets

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  1. Theresa Nickels ·

    Question on the tab — is that a hammer-on or a slide going into the B part? Sounds like a slide to my ear but the tab reads hammer.

  2. Patty Lindstrom ·

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  3. picknGrin ·

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  4. Theresa Nickels ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  5. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    You're not behind. Two weeks on a lesson like this is normal and healthy.

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